**Going vegan to be biggest food trend for 2018 - If you think you’re seeing ‘plant-based’ more online, you’re right. And one data company said searches for plant-based tripled from 2016 to 2017 during March to July. And one company says those identifying as vegan increased 500% since 2014 (6% in the U.S.).https://www.riseofthevegan.com/blog/going-vegan-biggest-trend-for-2018

**Vegetarian statistics globally - U.S. isn’t the only country going vegetarian...the U.K. has seen a 350% increase in those identifying as vegans when compared to a decade ago and veganism was a top Canadian 2017 search trend.https://foodrevolution.org/blog/vegan-statistics-global/